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Shreddin the Gnar

Posted on Wednesday 5 November 2008 by Greg @ 9:44 am
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Thanks for deciding to SHRED THE GNAR with your friends! We will be praying for you as you begin to share the GOSPEL Journey with them. Please be sure to list their first names below so we can pray specifically for them!

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On November 9, 2008 @ 7:02 am Phil McClay said:

Greg

Wow!! What an amazing weekend in DC!! Brother I am a youth leader from Faith Baptist in Sellersville PA…our youth pastor and I talked to you at the dinner Saturday night and I introduced you to my son…we are from Philly. I thank God for your ministry and everyone of the phenominally passionate Jesus lovers at D2S! You all are an amazing challenge and blessing to me, my son, all the teens in our youth group and obviously so many, many teens across America! I accepted the 48 hour challenge and double dare last year brother and I continue to share my faith with everyone I know. I was so challenged this weekend and am so burdened for the teens in our youth group as well as all the teens in the Philly area and am praying for God to do an amazing work through our teens that have been energized by this weekend! I have accepted the challenge you gave at the dinner Saturday…I want to reach our youth for Jesus!!! Last night at the hotel I had the opportunity of sharing the GOSPEL with 4 teens from our youth group…one in the parking lot, while about 20 teens from our youth group and another youth group had their own praise and worship and prayer time in the parking lot. That young person did not accept Christ but is considering it…I told that teen I love them and was praying for them. As I walked to my room around 11:30 I stepped over 4 of our teens who were talking in the hallway. One of our young ladies was share her faith with 3 of our foreign exchange students. One of the students from Thailand asked me to come back and answer some question about HOW do you trust God. I shared the GOSPEL and answered questions and prayed with them. I told them they could make a decision now. they chose to think about it more. I said if you make a decison tonight tell me tomorrow or ask me whatever other questions you may have and I will keep praying for them. 30 minutes later all 3 students were led to Jesus by 2 teens from our youth group as they “Shreaded the GNAR”!!! Praise God!!! Brother…Last night Dare2share went international in our youth group!! Greg, thank you for you love and passion for Jesus and for teens!! Keep shreading the gnar and teaching teens to do the same! I love you brother and I am praying for you and the INVINCIBLE tour!!

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November 19th, 2008 at 11:10 am
God is continuing to do some awesome things in our community north of Philly. On our first Wed. night service back I noticed a new girl sitting and asked one of our teens who she was. His reply was “Her name is Hannah and she got saved today at lunch.” Two of our teens were eating lunch with a friend and started Shredd’n with her and she received Christ. We had a 10th grade teen at the DC conference who was fighting God pretty hard. Phil made mention that he talked to him in the parking lot of the hotel after the conference. A week later after battling hard with God he received Christ over the phone as one of our teens led him to Christ. God is doing some amazing things in this area as Phil and I just had lunch yesterday with two other youth pastors in our area who were at DC and we all shared how much God was doing in the lives of our teens. We also discussed some really exciting ways to keep that merry go round spinning. We are committed to developing teens who are passionate about the Gospel. We are seeing some obsessed teens Shred like crazy. On the Wednesday after the conference when I asked how many had already shredded with a friend I had over half my group of about 50 teens there said that they had already shredded that week. I began to get text messages from kids who weren’t even at the conference that they were shredding the gnar with their friends. I don’t even want to see my cell phone bill for next month! At our TOTS (Teens Outreaching To Students)Bible study the Monday after the Conference we had more teens commit to shred with five of their friends. God is just exalting Himself in the eyes of our teens and it is exciting to see their passion for Christ and the Gospel. Thanks for the sacrifice you guys make to help us to mobilize our teens to relationally and relentlessly share their faith!

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On November 9, 2008 @ 11:36 am Aaron Ulrich said:

These are my top 5 best friends to start shreddin the gnar with!! I hope it goes great. Ben is a mormon, Ryan I don’t really know what he believes in. David, I don’t know either. Arash is a muslim, one of my best friends and Meredith appears to be a Christian, but it’s better to ask then to never find out. I was at the Dare to Share and it was great, it was good that you all weren’t the “fire and brimstone” preachers, it was rally laid back and as a youth student I can say that everyone loved this event. Greg and Zane rock!!

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On November 9, 2008 @ 4:41 pm Tiffany said:

Hey Greg! During the conference when we had to call someone, I called my friend Mikayla-Blevins Taylor. Right when I asked her “What are your spiritual beliefs?” she hung up on me. Then during the second meeting when we had to text someone I texted her. She finally started listening to me. I’m in the process of getting her saved!! your script really helped. Thank you sooo much for what you told me at the conference:)

JESUS IS THE MAN!

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On November 9, 2008 @ 8:06 pm viorica frazier said:

The one Sunday, when Doug Winne was talking about when he went to a conference one time when he was about my age, that he was not looking forward going to. I sat there in service listening and thinking the same thing. I was really not excited about it. Our church youth group and other kids went to Dare to Share Conference. The first night we had speakers. One speaker was talking about that we need to go and make disciples of all nations. We need to get out of our comfort zone. When they said we were going to house to house and telling them about the gospel and getting canned foods for the Salvation Army. I was feeling uncomfortable. I was not ready. I was one of those kids in the crowd acting like I was ready putting on an act. I was not ready. During the worship that night I could feel that the Holy Spirit was trying to say something. One of the speakers said are you ready to go out and do this? I was saying that over and over in my mind. Then we sang some more and I just stood there and cried. I started praising God and crying his name out.

One of my friends asked if we could talk. She felt the same way as me. She said I don’t belong here. She just was saying how she felt just how I was not being ready and all these things that she did a lot of bad things. “God won’t love me because I did all theses things (bad)”. I asked her if she knew what the word forgiveness means. I explained it. I knew that I could feel God saying “am I ready to tell her about the gospel.” I was ready. I asked if she was a believer. That night my friend became a Christian.

That next morning we had a really good discussion. I knew I was ready. I was so excited and ready to go out and evangelize. I couldn’t wait. Our group went to lunch out at a big mall at a food court. Right after lunch we were going to different houses and evangelize. I roamed around to see what they had to eat. Then I went into 5 below. I was just getting my wallet out of my pocket and next thing I know someone grabbed my wallet. First I thought one of my friends was just playing around. I snatched it back. Once I looked, it wasn’t. It was two black guys with black sweatshirts. I ran out of five below and out side. I turned around and didn’t see anyone. I was relieved and just walked on. Next thing I know those same guys grabbed my shirt and gave me a good closed hand punch to my mouth. (I still had my wallet in my hand.) I remember hitting the ground. I remember looking back and seeing them running away. I don’t understand why they didn’t grab my wallet? A punch and run? When I got to find my group, I finally told one of the leaders and which told Ryan. Ryan and Marie were with me with the police in the security room. I had to retell my story several times. I thank Marie and Ryan for being there with me. We were there for 4 or 5 hours. The rest of the group went to evangelized. I sat in the room thinking, God why did this happen to me? I was ready wasn’t I? I don’t understand why I got punched and couldn’t go with the rest of the group. I figured out that I think God was testing me to see if I would tell the Gospel to one of the officers and obey God and see if I was ready. The last officer that talked to me was really nice and polite. The first questioned I asked was “How long have you been a police officer? Then I asked if he believe in God. He said that he was a Christian. He was a youth pastor for 10 years. I was obedient to God and God gave me two people to witness to and I didn’t say another time. It was a blessing that I went on this trip. I have changed a lot and fell the presence of the Holy Spirit. I am not afraid to get out of my comfort zone. I thank God that the punched I got was a wake up call to me. You need to be ready anytime to share the gospel to any one. We need to go out and make disciples.

God bless your day,
Viorica Frazier\

This happened last year at dare2share in 07

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On November 9, 2008 @ 8:14 pm viorica frazier said:

Today the day after Dare2share….on sunday after church i went to the park with my autistic brother and TSS(aid) I was chillin and this guy was chillin and i asked him “do you know where u are going to go when you die?” He said i dont really know. THen i asked if he knew how people get to heaven. He said ” I think it is byy doing good?” I said it is not by good deeds but by accepting christ in your heart and asking God to forgive you of your sins. He then said ” God wont like me because i have done alot of bad stuff” Then i said ” yeah he wont like you…he will love you and love you for every. story short I explained about Jesus taking the price and dying on the cross. By the end i prayed and he accepted CHRIST!!!!! I gave information about our church and hoping to seee him Sunday. HE seemed really interested. PRAISE GOD!!!

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On November 9, 2008 @ 9:03 pm Ebony Gough said:

Hey i was @ the confrence yestrday ad friday and i was like so glad i came cuz i didnt feel the same way i did when i first came to when i left and i happy i came i enjoyed the speakers and You mister” Jesus when agian !”
But yeah i had fun and uh
I Loves Yah BYESS

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On November 9, 2008 @ 9:55 pm Todd Bruce said:

It is after 10pm, and I am getting back from dropping off my last teen and cleaning out the van (brushes, paper scraps, gum, and other things I didn’t really want to touch after driving all afternooon.) But, I am still pumped up from the DC conference. I am especially excited because of the work God has done in my group of 12 teens.
3 salvations, with fruit right away and at least 2 other of their friends trusting in Christ because of their witness! I am hoping they are going to plug in their stories here.
My group of boys…actually stayed up late…well that isn’t anything different…but we talked about Spiritual things! My guys have never done that. The girls were the same. All were pumped, ready to Shred the Gnar when I left them.
I was able to share the gospel with one of my teens on my heart along the way home. He called checking on his sister, to see when to pick her up. I said, it is great you called, because I totally wanted to talk to you! After our conversation, he wanted to put his trust in Christ and said (responding to the GOSPEL), “since you put it that way…that is amazing”
That isn’t the END! It just the beginning of shredding the gnar…I hope to continue to encourage those who hear the GOSPEL to go deep and wide! And I will encourage our teens to do the same.

Praise God! Jesus has done some great things. The momentum is going full force, I pray it will continue!
Todd Bruce- Youth Pastor. North Fork Baptist Church Seneca Rocks, WV

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On November 10, 2008 @ 3:15 pm Elizabeth said:

I was at Dare2Share DC this weekend, and I had a great time. The message was really moving and I made the commitment to Shred the Gnar with my cousin Melanie from San Antonio, TX. One part of the weekend that really got to me was the memorizing verses as the “sword of the spirit.” I’ve already started and there’s already a shift. It’s just Monday! God Bless you and Dare2Share for everything.

Your friend in Shreddin’

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On November 10, 2008 @ 4:50 pm April said:

I had an awesome time this weekend. The skit on Friday and Hayles story really touched me I have cut myself in the past and I am just getting over it. It really encouraged me to stop and do what is right. God worked in many ways in my life this weekend. I was save September 9,2008 and I haven’t really rely on Him to help me with my problems but this weekend changed that for me. I am so glad I went.

Thank You for doing what you do,
April

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On November 10, 2008 @ 5:49 pm Chris Ruefer said:

Greg:
I’ve been praying for years that my parents would be saved. I’ve spoken to then on and off but it’s been sometime since I’ve asked them again, who do they really think Jesus is?

After this weekend’s conference, I felt moved to go see them so the whole family loaded up and drove an hour west to spend Sunday afternoon with them. I was aole to speak with both my parents letting them know that I’m convinced Jesus is who says He is and that I want very much to continue a conversation with them about that very issue. I explained how it’s not about religion (I used your story about how jesus couldn’t stand religious people either!) but about knowing the God of the Universe.

They weren’t ready to commit but I know the Lord wants them too and they said they understand why I would want to tell them.

It’s time for me to wait on them some more so please pray they will be moved to ask me more questions!

Also, I meet a friend for lunch obn Wednesday and plan to ask him whee he’s at with teh Lord as well. Pray for me and him!

Thanks for the inspiration and ideas and tools!

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On November 10, 2008 @ 7:14 pm david cook said:

i love dare2share i loved the music the people the speakers everything i also want to thank zane for introducing the book shreddin the gnar

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On November 10, 2008 @ 8:32 pm Ashlie said:

I have a friend who has been through alot. She has been cutting herself, and drinking, and going to parties,and she just got saved over the summer, but she isn’t living her life like a Christian should. I have been trying to pray for her. Actually, when you were teaching us the whole PRAY thing in D.C. the other night, I prayed for her then. That was my request to God, that she understands how serious that this actually is. I was talking to her right after I prayed, and she said that she was gonna stop cutting herself since she just figured out that this wasn’t just hurting her physically;it was hurting others emotionally. I was glad that that she was finally taking that seriously, but later that night she told me about all of the other problems she has and I just felt horrible for her. She says she’s going to stop cutting, but she’s skipping church on Wedneday and Sunday because she’s going to parties. For some reason I feel like it’s my fault because I knew that she didn’t have a good family-life at home(abusive stepdad;doesn’t know who father is)and I’ve felt before that I needed to talk to her about it because I didn’t want anyone I knew to have to go through what she’s going through now. She doesn’t get very much attention at home, so she looks to guys for attention. Please just pray for her because she says she might be moving, and she has been with our church her whole life. And we have AMAZZZINGGG youth ministers that could help her through it.

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On November 10, 2008 @ 11:02 pm Tessa Anwyll said:

Greg,
I took your challenge to witness to 5 friends at Dare2Share in DC this year, and so far I’ve witnessed to 3 of them, and one of them has accepted Christ! I’m so thankful for the Dare2Share conference and how it teaches me so much and lights my faith on fire. I feel a million times closer to God thanks to your efforts and prayers for the youth of america.

In Him,
Tessa Anwyll

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On November 11, 2008 @ 7:18 am Chelsea Kramer said:

I have been telling them about the Tour and shredding the gnar but they laughed. I tried to tell them it is not a laughing matter . So i desided to teach them all you ,Zane and Derwin talked about Nov 7-8.
Please pray for me!
Chelsea kramer

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On November 12, 2008 @ 7:45 am Jenna Haton said:

So I was talking to my friend about my weekend and Derwin Grays name came up in my speech, and my friend is a Colts fan, and so i was talking to him about what happened, and i shared the gospel with him and i talk to him everyday about it. Its soo cool that i could do that. I feel way more confident about it since i went to dare2share confrence.

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On November 13, 2008 @ 10:16 am Timmy said:

Shreddin The Gnar is one of the greatest things ever. On the way home with my youth group we stopped in washington dc and we saw a homeless man…so we decided to shred the gnar with him. Things were a little nervous at first but it was all good at the end. we gave him some food and a new pair of sunglasses while we were at it. He put his trust and God and believed every man and woman should believe and put that trust into God.

I am also working on my one friend she doesnt want to hear what i have to say but i know God will help me and help soften her heart. Ill be getting the point across to her soon =].

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On November 15, 2008 @ 9:50 pm Emily Kiesel said:

Wow!!! I’m going to shred the gnar with my friends. It’s going to be tough I know, but with the armour of God, I KNOW I can do it! The Devil will not win! Not under my watch. I’ve learned how to use the armour of God, pray, and give my whole heart to God. I’m so stoked! It’s going to be the biggest wave I’ve ever ridden. But I can defeat it. There’s no other choice. I’ve chosen to shred the gnar and there’s no turning back. For all of you out there who are with me. Let’s go! Our journy starts now! This second. Let’s do it! SHRED THE GNAR! But remember memorize verses for you defense. Make this the motto to your life. Shred the gnar in everything you do. Amen (So be it)

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On November 15, 2008 @ 9:52 pm LEYANET said:

duDE IM A sKATEBOARDER!
I LOVE GOD WITH ALL MY HEARTS!
i LOVE MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, cLIVC FIVE, gREEN DAY, pANIC AT THE DISCO yoU NAME IT!
bREATH sKATEBOARDING AND sKATEBOARDING ON MY MIND 24 HOUR!
im shREEDING THE gnar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
loVE GOD WITH ALL MY HEARTS!!!!!!!!!

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On November 15, 2008 @ 11:51 pm m.shack said:

i just got back from dare 2 share in DENVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m totally stoked and am ready to shred the gnar!!!!!!!!!!! i know its gonna be hard but ive got God the father on my side and i know i can never lose.i have my five friends that I’m starting with and i would like to ask anyone reading this to pray for dona Katherine Katie Andrew and quin. they don’t know our God yet and i plan to change that real soon! i started with my friend Katie. I’ve been asking her to come to church with me for a while but shes always refused, but a couple days ago she came up to me and just said “i think I’m gonna try church with you.” she explained that her dad said that its better to believe in some thing than nothing and she wants to learn more about the christian faith. I’m so excited to share everything i know with her and to prove to her that Christ is the only way. so when you read this please pray for me and pray for Katie.

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On November 15, 2008 @ 11:57 pm Manda said:

My friend Ryan( doesn’t belive in a higher power and he belives nothing happens after life), well he’s not really my friend but he is my brothers friend, and I met him awhile ago but last week I started talking to him,and on friday. On friday I got his number and started texting him, I told him that I was going to Dare2Share with my church. He said that he wasn’t religious, I said I wasn’t either and then he stoped texting me. I immediately wanted to call him for the cellphone challenge, but I knew that came the next day. When it came time to call him, I got alittle nervous. I explained everything to him and he said it didn’t make sense so I tried again but he still didn’t understand. So I said that I would explain to him on monday. When everyone was at lunch, I started to text him and I got into to a convo with him about God,Jesus,that God gives everyone a purpose, and stuff like that. Half way through it seemed like I got to him, but I said that God cares about him and loves him and God has a purpose for him and he just said “sure mkay” and that was it…..nothing else, so if you could pray for him that he will become a Christian please
Thanks a ton!!
Manda

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On November 16, 2008 @ 12:44 am Jeanette H. said:

Hey Greg, I literally just got back from Denver. This is my third year at Dare To Share and as always it was amazing. The dramas always touch me but this year it was so touching, thank you for bein a tool for God. He uses you in an amazing way. When Lauren walked out of her room and followed Jesus and handed him the razor, I started bawling because I knew that I was that girl who walked away with Jesus and gave him my scars. I can’t wait to tell my friends the good news, you really aquiped me this year. Next year I will be there with those five friends.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 10:23 am Carter Budwell said:

Thank you so much. I just posted my friends names (Kelsie, Taylor, Victoria, Cynthia, and Leigh) I and some other friends will be organizing a Q & A this Thursday at my old college, where we can hopefully answers any questions our non Christian friends may have. Be blessed!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 10:53 am Lauren yaffe said:

Well At the cell phone challange I called my neibor but she didn’t answer so I left her a message saying “Jesus loves u lots and lots and I do too!!!” so then I caked my other friend and asked her if she was a beliver in Christ and she said of course I love him so much

That afternoon I went to this guys house and he opened the door and we read the script and he gave us cans but I felt so so touched because this guy had nothing and he might Have given me his dinner for the next night.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 12:56 pm Kaitlyn Lawrence said:

Greg-

Last night and the night before changed my life! D2S is an amazing experience every teen should go to! I had never really thought about how there was a spiritual war going on, i just knew that God and the devil didn’t get along and fought often. I also had never thought about how Satan’s demons whisper in your ear, telling you lies about you and your life. I have had demons whisper in my ear, but I didn’t know it was them. Thank you so much for starting the D2S for teens; it really can transform you and change your view on life. I’M GOING TO TELL ALL MY FRIENDS TO GO!!! See ya at Blaze!!!

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November 16th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Wow, I was there too and it was a life changing experience. I also went last year and both of the years i have gone both changed my life, relationship with God, and how i spread the Gospel.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 2:49 pm Isabel said:

Hey guys!

Well I haven’y gotten a reply but I started to evangelize to a friend online.He hasn’t replied but I am hoping he will! Thats all for now.

See Ya!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 2:50 pm Mackenzee Shultz said:

This weekend was a life changing time for me. I went to Dare2share and i absolutly loved it. I found God, i found Jesus.
The first night i had a “Jesus moment” (thats what my youth leader called it) When the skit about cutting was over and you talked about all the demons that cause it, i started to ball my eyes out.
I cryed and cryed and cryed, that was my Jesus moment.
I had that jesus moment because i used to cut, alot. It was an addiction.I would tell myself, “ewe look at how fat you are, your fat and the only thing to like about you are your eyes”.
people only liked my eyes.
and i would say that over and over.
the first time i cut, i only had 5 cuts.
The second time i cut i made 42 new cuts in my arm.
after that it just got worse and worse.
I’ve been to many hospitals because of it.
The thing that truely made me relise that people do love me and jesus does love me was dare2share.
I believe Jesus has forviven me.
Since that day, being at dare2share, i’ve decided that my life is gunna change.
I’m completly christian now.
And i thank you and the others for this.
By the way, You made me smile and laugh the whole time, your a funny guy, i love how you can make what your teaching a fun experiance for everyone.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 3:06 pm Matt H said:

I Not only am given the chance to share with these 5, But also with my entire guitar class. For our final, we are given the oppurunity of playing one song that we pick. I picked Never Underestimate My Jesus By relient K.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 4:37 pm Amanda Whitler said:

So i was inspired after dare2share in denver to start sheddin the Gnar as sson as possible and i did. I wrote an email to all of my friends telling them about the gospel and to tell them what it means. I also told them not to offend anyone and not to pressure anyone who doesn’t chose to change. So here is my awesome email.

Hey sorry if this is akward but HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW GOD? At a conference that i went to we talked about shreddin the nar! And to talk to our friends that may not be christian and we also learned about the gospel and an acranime for, and please try not to offend your friends because that is rood and disrespectful, so if your friend tells you no or not to talk about it listen to them, or u may end up in big trouble with parents and then whoever forwarded it to u will get in trouble and whoever forwarded it to them will and it will just be a huge giant chain of people getting in trouble and people feeling like they are being pressured into something that they may not want to be in. So please don’t hurt peoples fellings, offend them, or make them do things that they don’t want to. Also please read everything and theyn reply and forward to others.

G: God created us to be with him

O: Our sins separates us from God

S: Sins can not be removed by good deeds

P: Paying for sin Jesus died and rose again

E: Everyone who trusting alone in God has Eternal life

L: Life that’s is eternal means we will be with Jesus forever

And what this means is that if we trust in God and follow God and believe that he is there for us then we will have eternal life in heaven. And shreddin the nar if u are wondering what it means is that it means to go out of our comfort zone to preach the gospel to everyone that i know isn’t a christian or whoever doesn’t believe in God. So what does this mean to u? Can i pray for anything for u? And after what u just read and i can talk to u more about it if u want me too, but if u wanted would u commit your life to Jesus Christ our God? And u don’t have to i am just wondering.

send this to all of your friends and tell them about the gospel and lead them to a life with God so that you can see them in heaven.

And if you already know God then really start to connect with him and follow in his words, steps, and life plans for you!! This is also a great way to reach you friends and help them learn more about the gospel and God.

Forward this to your Christian, non christian, and maybe non believer friends and then call them to see if they understand it and if they are willing to turn there lives over to God today!!! If they are then email Amanda at whitlers@netzero.com. or Casey at thedawnsings775@gmail.com And tell me you story so that i can tell one of my leaders at church your wonderful stories. And don’t pressure you friends into becoming christians or changing their religion it is just what i have been inspired to do and many people may say no because they can’t have a religion but the way i look at it and some others look at it Christianity really isn’t a religion it is a lifestyle. don’t use our emails for sending us anything rood or inappropiate or your parents will get a phine call on what u sent us.

Thanx for reading and cosidering, and replying,

Amanda and Casey

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On November 16, 2008 @ 4:46 pm Valerie said:

Hey!!

Well, this was my first Dare to Share, and I have to say, it was amazing!!

During the time where we had to call our friends, I texted my friend instead. I’m never good on the phone. I texted my friend Adam and told him where I was and stuff. He was like, “Isn’t church only on Sundays?” And our conversation started from there. I explained a lot to him and he said he had never heard it quite in that way. He said he has a lot of christian friends but none of them talk about anything “interesting.” So, I asked him what he thought was “interesting” (meaning about Christianity) but he just replied with “guitars, video games, and girls.” I used that and turned the conversation back to Christ. Once again, he tried to get off subject. I went back a few times until finally he didn’t text back. Then, a few hours later, he texted me and asked me what I was doing for the rest of the night. I told him that I was still going to be Dare to Share. He hasn’t texted back since.

You see, I’ve tried to talk to him like this before. He says he just doesn’t think that God is worth the time. He’d rather be doing other things.

I’m going to keep talking to him about it, but I want to thank you so much for getting this started. I’ve never been good at sharing my faith.

So, keep praying for Adam and that God will give me strength when I talk to him.

Thank You!!

In His Grip,
~Valerie

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On November 16, 2008 @ 4:59 pm Bailey W. Lonnberg said:

For the 48 hour challenge, a miracle happened. I went to churchand was in the youth group room waiting for everyone to show. My leader came in and said,”Grab your stuff and hurry!” We order bread very and some of the church families take some, right. Well, we for some reason we got a couple hundred hotdogs with it!!! So we gave out free hotdogs in Brigton during our youth group time today. We did squeezed in 10 minutes though of bible time. We made posters like ” Jesus loves free hotdogs!” and “Honk if you like free hotdgs” or “Jesus and Hotdogs Mix”. We also made blak and white copies of the G.O.S.P.E.L. and handed them out with our hotdogs. It Was AWASOME!!!!!!!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 5:18 pm claireg said:

O my goodness! Greg you rock! I went to the Denever Dare 2 Share and it was life changing and amazing and I am so pumped and will go crazy waiting for Blaze to come! I had so much fun!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 5:27 pm Ali said:

I went to Invinsible and it was a blast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the band Fee. And I Really want to read The Shreddin the Gnar book!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 5:30 pm claireg said:

I really felt alive and blessed!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 5:48 pm savannah said:

Hey Greg!
I was at the denver dare 2 share and it was amazingly awesome!! during the cell phone challenge, i actually chose to call my dad..I have been trying to talk to my dad about christ for a very long time, but everytime i have tryed to bring it up he gets really deffensive and even trys to put down god. i love my dad so much that is why i have tryed to get him to come to christ so he can be with me in paradise someday! well during the cell phone challenge he did the same exact thing. i am really scared for my dad, and i just need to know if you have any advise for me? Thank you so much! and god bless you!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 5:59 pm lyndsey stecklein said:

Greg,
hello from colorado. i was at your confrence yesterday and friday, it was a life changing time. umm about shreddin the gnar, this is probally going to be the hardest thing i am ever going to do. well during the cell phone challenge there were two people in my youth group that could not talk to there friend that they wanted to shred the gnar to. are friends name is dillon he is in jail for doing some dumb stuff. but before he went to jail he did a really stupid thing, he got a tattoo and that tattoo was a up side down cross. so he started believing in the devil. and we were talking to him before he went but he would get so mad at me, but after this weekend listening to you, zane, and derwin talk we learned alot. so towards the end of the challenger me and my friend prayed together for him. so i just would like everyone at the dare to share family to pray for him.
and the last thing is i want to tell you that you and zane and derwin are amazing. just looking around the pepsi center this weekend and how many kids were there i think it is great that you guys could actually talk in front of them. so thank you. and thank you for praying for my friend.

glory to the one who created us!
~lyndsey

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On November 16, 2008 @ 6:37 pm Bailey said:

I started 2 shreddin the gnar right after i got home from dare2share in denver co!!!!!!
SHREDDIN THE GNAR!!!!!!!

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December 22nd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I agree totally!!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 8:25 pm Nicole Mule' said:

Hello my name is Nicole and i go to First Christian Church in Canon City Co
My story is that when i called my friend last night i told them about G-O-S-P-E-L and told her what it meant and i also told her that jesus died on the cross for us and he rose again three days later. I asked if that mean’t sense and she said yes and that night she became a christian and now is going to my church.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 8:48 pm sarina p.v. said:

I was born a Christan but I thought that by being a Christan that I was already saved. But then I realized that I needed to put my faith and trust in Jesus Christ. So when I was 7 years old, that’s exactly what I did.

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On November 16, 2008 @ 8:55 pm zach prather said:

hey greg,
i have actually had one of my friends say they are going to come to youth group on average and tell me she has been talkin to jesus….it is a feeling like no other. i feel like i just had the biggest success in my life. but her parents wont let her come to any of the conferences and she would have to sneek to the youth group because her parents are catholic……..i really need some advice for both me and her…she is trying to convince her parents that it cant hurt it that much to go.”which we know it wont” and yea please help me!!!

thanks
zach prather

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On November 16, 2008 @ 8:58 pm Ellie said:

Hello my name is Ellie and I go to Rockland Community Church, When i went do dare 2 share it changed my life this year was my favorite, and i think it was a message from god to me to be there because I was a cutter 2 until this weekend. I am telling myself that cutting doesn’t solve anything and it just hurts worse than anything. My life has been so difficult lately, I mean my dad left and my older brother is starting to do drugs,and I feel alone. So I am deciding to tell my friends about the GOSPEL. I memorized it. So I thank You for helping me change my decisions

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On November 16, 2008 @ 9:10 pm Stormi said:

I’M GOING TO SHRED THE GNAR!!!!!!!!!!!

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On November 16, 2008 @ 10:13 pm Jeremiah Brown said:

Greg, as a new youth group and as a new youth leader, i was excited to go to a “real” event. It was well worth it. Two of the four we took are totally serious about the commitment they made over the weekend. THey have both hit the five person goal early in the week and have been sharing very actively in their school. One completed the call you had them do on Saturday, when we returned to our area. THanks for the ministry you do.

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On November 17, 2008 @ 1:04 am Ashley L. said:

Greg,

I was at Dare 2 Share in denver this weekend and it was amazing….this was my fourth D2S and it was AMAZING yet agan. This year for the cell phone challenge i decided to talk to my friend sam only i couldn’t call her because she was working but i texted her and she is really interested in what i was saying. I wasn’t really able to articulate what i really wanted to say over text messaging so i’m going to see if she would like to get lunch this week so i can discuss this with her in person. She is really seaching right now and i’m just excited to be one of the people to help her along the way and show her God’s love.

So, thank you so much for another great dare 2 share weekend. I’m sad cuz this may be my last one. But it was so much fun….keep doing what you’re doing you’re changing so many lives!!!

your in my prayers,
Ashley

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On November 17, 2008 @ 8:30 am Haleigh said:

Greg i was at dare2share and it was so amazing it changed my life and others as well. For example when we were out telling the people about the gospel i got into a conversation with a lady and didn’t change her heart but the opportunity was and hopefully still there for her. Thank you so much for holding the confrence. It was so much fun. Tell ZANE, and Derwin and the rest of the crew,”haleigh washington from denver says hey.” my prayers are with you and my faith is so strong. Thanks again i feel confident to preach no i’ll just tell them about it firtst well i feel better to help people understand the gospel and the Lord Jesus Chirst.
“It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Chirst was not known so that i would not be builing on someone else’s foundation.”-Romans 15:20
P.S. Pray for me my dumbometer keeps going off.

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On November 17, 2008 @ 10:09 am brianna delgado said:

i told my 5 friends about the gospel and i explained to them about jesus and how he loves each and every one of us and some of my friends didnt really seem to care but there were a few that seemed to open up to god and i want them to understand that god is there for them

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On November 17, 2008 @ 10:16 am ashanda harris said:

when i was at dare to share in DENVER COLORADO…lol….i took the cell phine challenge and talked to my best friend. she is an athiest. when i was talking to her she didnt mind because i was her best friend so she listened…. by the end of our conversation she was closer to god then she ever has been in her whole life! i was so proud of her! god totally used me to make his way to her soul! i gave/give all praises to him!…..im still talking to the other friends lol

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On November 17, 2008 @ 12:00 pm Daniel Reed said:

God works in mysterious ways

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On November 17, 2008 @ 12:45 pm Zoe Leishman said:

I just graduated form PU again after shreddin the gnar with my friend Brandy. I went through the gospel with her and when I asked if that had made sence she said yes, but when I asked if she wanted to put her trust in jesus to take her to heaven she told me how she belives in reincarnation and that there is no heaven. I’m really disapointed but I’m going to keep praying for her. If nothing else hopefully I got the door knocking

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On November 17, 2008 @ 4:47 pm Shanelle said:

Hey you know what is crazy I have grown up in a christian home and I have never really felt comfortable about sharing my faith with anyone around me but now I shred the gnar every chance I get. I am asking you to please pray for me to continue to shred the gnar and not to be scared.

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On November 17, 2008 @ 4:50 pm Taylor Abney said:

Dear Greg,

Today, Monday November 17th, 2008, I shredded the Gnar! I was getting a ride home from school by my friend Justin. We were talking and all of a sudden I thought that it was the perfect time to SHRED THE GNAR! Well I asked what he thought of religion. He basically told me how his mom and dad grew up in a church until they met each other and had kids they stoped going to church and that they only went with their grandparents on holidays. I told him that a religion is confusing and that its not about a religion its about a relationship. He told me that he has never heard of it that way before. So i broke down the GOSPEL acronym with him. I also asked him if Jesus was sitting next to me right then, would he go to heaven. He said, you know Taylor I dont evan know I want to but I dont know. I kinda put my hand on his shoulder and I told how he could change it starting today. He told from know on whatever I do with my church that he wants to become a member of my church and follow christ as his savior.
Thanks for all the help,

God Bless,

-Taylor Abney

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On November 17, 2008 @ 4:59 pm Gabriela Gonzales said:

Hi Greg,
I gave my life to Christ on Friday night after seeing the skit about the girl in the room with the demons. I feel like that because I have a hard time with self confidence. I am really down on myself and I am starting to pray and ask God to help me. Today at school, at lunch I asked my friends where they thought they were going when they died. My friend Sam said heaven and my other two friends Rebecca and Olivia said that they didn’t believe in heaven. Sam is a christian so she helped me “shred the gnar.” They told me that they believed that heaven was a dream and that when we died we would become fairies or sprites. I talked to them until they kind of laughed at me and told me to change the subject. Could youm please pray for me that when another opprotunity comes that I can me ready to talkto them.

Thanks and pray for me,
Gabriela Gonzales

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On November 17, 2008 @ 5:05 pm Gabriela Gonzales said:

Hi Greg,
I gave my life to Christ on Friday night after seeing the skit about the girl in the room with the demons. I feel like that because I have a hard time with self confidence. I am really down on myself and I am starting to pray and ask God to help me. Today at school, at lunch I asked my friends where they thought they were going when they died. My friend Sam said heaven and my other two friends Rebecca and Olivia said that they didn’t believe in heaven. Sam is a christian so she helped me “shred the gnar.” They told me that they believed that heaven was a dream and that when we died we would become fairies or sprites. I talked to them until they kind of laughed at me and told me to change the subject. Could you please pray for me that when another opprotunity comes that I can me ready to talk
to them.

Thanks and pray for me,
Gabriela Gonzales

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On November 17, 2008 @ 5:30 pm Danae Pruit said:

I went to D2S this past weekend and learned about “Shreddin the Gnar!”
Sunday night I texted my friend and neighbor, Arlexis, just talking about random stuff. I wasn’t sure how to start talking about God, but then it must have been a God thing because he sent me a “forward” about God. So I asked him what he believed in and he told me he believed in God but not Jesus. I told him then what i believed and all about the GOSPEL. All in between the text messages I was praying God would open his heart and be more powerful that the demons around him. After an hour and a half of the Lord speaking through me in text messages he came to the conclusion he wanted to ask Jesus into his heart! The next day after school when we got home I made sure to ask if he really believed he was a sinner and that Jesus came to die for his sin. No sooner, did I lead him through a prayer where Jesus came into his life, right in the middle of our neighborhood! God is so amazing! Now we as Christians have a new brother in Christ and Satan lost that battle! The Lord is amazing! Arlexis is going to start coming to church with me and my sister so he can grow in his faith! Please pray for this new Christian!

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On November 17, 2008 @ 5:43 pm Danae Pruit said:

I went to D2S this past weekend and learned about “Shreddin the Gnar!”
Sunday night I texted my friend and neighbor, Arlexis, just talking about random stuff. I wasn’t sure how to start talking about God, but then it must have been a God thing because he sent me a “forward” about God. So I asked him what he believed in and he told me he believed in God but not Jesus. I told him then what i believed and all about the GOSPEL. All in between the text messages I was praying God would open his heart and be more powerful that the demons around him. After an hour and a half of the Lord speaking through me in text messages he came to the conclusion he wanted to ask Jesus into his heart! The next day after school when we got home I made sure to ask if he really believed he was a sinner and that Jesus came to die for his sin. No sooner, did I lead him through a prayer where Jesus came into his life, right in the middle of our neighborhood! God is so amazing! Now we as Christians have a new brother in Christ and Satan lost that battle! The Lord is amazing! Arlexis is going to start coming to church with me and my sister so he can grow in his faith! Please pray for this new Christian!

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On November 17, 2008 @ 5:44 pm Danae Pruit said:

I went to D2S this past weekend and learned about “Shreddin the Gnar!”
Sunday night I texted my friend and neighbor, Arlexis, just talking about random stuff. I wasn’t sure how to start talking about God, but then it must have been a God thing because he sent me a “forward” about God. So I asked him what he believed in and he told me he believed in God but not Jesus. I told him then what i believed and all about the GOSPEL. All in between the text messages I was praying God would open his heart and be more powerful that the demons around him. After an hour and a half of the Lord speaking through me in text messages he came to the conclusion he wanted to ask Jesus into his heart! The next day after school when we got home I made sure to ask if he really believed he was a sinner and that Jesus came to die for his sin. No sooner, did I lead him through a prayer where Jesus came into his life, right in the middle of our neighborhood! God is so amazing! Now we as Christians have a new brother in Christ and Satan lost that battle! The Lord is amazing! Arlexis is going to start coming to church with me and my sister so he can grow in his faith! Please pray for this new Christian!!

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On November 17, 2008 @ 9:04 pm Emily said:

Dear Greg,
Hey, my name is Emily and I am 13 years old. My dad is a pastor at this Ethiopian church. I always thought that I was a christian and that I had accepted Christ into my life. I knew all the verses and just about everything you could learn about Christianity. I figured that I was destined for heaven. On Friday I was showed that saying a prayer was not enough. I had to actually believe. Well I did and it has changed my life for ever.
The next day I got to lead 3 people to Christ myself. Two were complete strangers that I met while walking around the 16th street mall. The other one was my dear friend Alex. I called him during the cell phone challenge. He told me that he was at Sears and had time to loose. We talked about the Gospel for a little bit. His dad never played a big roll in his life, so hearing about an Everlasting father with that much love really touched him. Then right there in Sears he decided that he wanted Jesus Christ to be his savior. During this whole time he was just balling. I myself almost started to cry too. Now Alex is full strong with Christ, right along side me. I shared already with one person the GOSPEL at school today.
The only thing that bummed me out was the fact that my friend Victoria couldn’t be there. She says that she has a relationship with Christ, but the things she does makes me think other wise. You see I found out about 3 weeks ago that she was cutting. I just couldn’t believe. Because of this everything that was about cutting, especially the skit just made me cry. I was wondering if there was a place that I could show her that skit. I think that if she say it that she would be changed.
The very last question is how do I start a conversation with a Buddhist? Selina is one, and I’m not sure how to talk with her about it.
Well thanks for listing to my long whatever you call it, please respond.
Emily

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Emily,
Check out this D2S resource on How to Share Your Faith with a Buddhist.

http://www.dare2share.org/buddhists/

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On November 17, 2008 @ 11:26 pm Sarah Logan said:

Dear Greg,
This weekend was so totally awesome and super and just amazing and wonderful! I learned so much and that drama was SO real to me! I was a cutter and then that was like oh, I should probably stop! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It made me believe again that there was hope and that life doesn’t have to be that way. It was so awesome!!! I can’t thank you enough!!!! After I was talking to my friend Krista tonight, who was a Buddhist and we were talking and she was explaining Nirvana and then my friend started talking about joy. We were leaving young life and when we were in the car she asked about the GOSPEL and after listening she was like wow, i’ve never heard that. Then she decided to put her faith and trust in Jesus and it was just so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!! Now we have decided to start our own little Bible study and learn more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s just way super!! Thank you so much!!! You will never know how grateful I am to you for SO many things!!! You’re just awesome!!!! I’m praying for you that you keep it up!!! Could you please pray for Krista that she will just grow strong in the Lord? Thanks so much!!!!!

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On November 18, 2008 @ 9:20 pm Phil McClay said:

Greg

I posted my 5 friends with whom I am shreddin the gnar. The first friend is actually one of our teenagers who I shared the gospel with Saturday night of D2S in DC. Other teens in our youth group shared with him days after D2S and then my son had the priveldge of leading him to Jesus a few days ago!! It is amazing how many of our teens are shreddin the gnar and even more exciting how many want to disciple these new converts and take them deep in the Word and in their faith! I will be going to breakfast with another one of my friends this Friday and plan to shredd the gnar…I called him during the cell phone challenge but just got voicemail. As youth leader I want to be a blessing and encouragement to our teens by setting an example and shreddin the gnar with my friends.

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On November 18, 2008 @ 9:30 pm Leslie Trejo said:

This was my 6th and final year attending the Dare 2 Share conference in Denver Colorado as a student and the drama friday night was the most eye opening for me and alot of my youth group, it hit home for some of them and im glad it did because they have decided to stop the cutting and doubting themselves and god and live 100% for Jesus Christ.So thank you Greg, Zane, Dewy, and the entire Dare 2 Share crew for everything you guys did

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On November 19, 2008 @ 5:35 pm meleanie conner said:

I need a little help!!! One of my friends says that she believes in everything but she chooses not to cause she looks and sees all of these people who say they are christians but then they go off and drink, party, do drugs, etc. and she said that they were hypocrites. I don’t know what to say to that!!! If possible could you email me and tell me some ideas?

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On November 19, 2008 @ 5:37 pm meleanie conner said:

oh by thw way my email is butterfly2004mc@yahoo.com. Thank you soooooo much.

-Meleanie

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On November 19, 2008 @ 6:17 pm SaraBeth said:

Greg, I think your resource, “Venti Jesus Please” is a great way to Shred the Gnar with teen friends. I’ve been wondering though…is there any chance D2S might work on a movie version of the book (right, I know financial resources are unlimited there at D2S). But I am worried that those kids who are not readers will get left out. Before I gave the book to some of my high schoolers, we started reading a couple chapters together in Sunday School. I was suprised at how many words they didn’t know and how many concepts seemed beyond them. They totally enjoyed what they were reading, but I began to wonder how much the average teen was going to be able to understand. In such an image driven culture, your Gospel journey curriculum is great. My students are able to understand a great deal from Gospel Journey, but is D2S working on visual media that students could give to friends that might open the door to sharing the gospel?

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On November 20, 2008 @ 11:08 am Connor said:

Hey Greg!
Thanks so much for this past weekend in Denver! It gave me exactly the awakening I needed! I’ve already started shredding the gnar with some of my friends and I totally love it! And I’ve started memorizing bible verses too! Your words also spoke to my heart. I’ve only been a disciple of Jesus for a very short time but in that time He has revealed to me what my gifts are: one loving people with an unconditional passion and two music. He has taught me to love everybody the way Jesus loves them. I do struggle with it sometimes but then I remember this thing I read in a book and it keeps on track. And the whole music thing, well I pretty much think, breathe, and feel in music. Most of my friends don’t understand and some even criticize me for it but I know God gave me these gifts for a reason. To glorify Him! Thanks again!

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On November 20, 2008 @ 11:09 am Connor said:

And if you could e-mail me and help me out with some ideas to help me shred the gnar more that would be great!

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On November 20, 2008 @ 5:18 pm brandon said:

Can u give me your e-mail so i can talk to you guys about something

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On November 21, 2008 @ 9:22 pm Scott Bean said:

Well Greg, two amazing thing have happened this week, and neather of them would have happened if it wasn’t for D2S.
First: One of the people I was trying to talk to out of my 5 rides the bus with me. On Tusday morning I had my Dare 2 Share book with me on the bus and desided that would be a good time to talk with Josh (one of my 5) only to find out that I talk to loud, and that i was the only Christion on the bus. Only a few seconds into what I had to say I saw that nearly everyone on the buss was glaring at me. At that point i felt like i had shredded the gnar right into a pool of hungery sharks that all wanted a piece of me. So i stopped talking. The only one that had been listening the whole time was my friend Hoshi(who i that was already christion)and when i stopped talking she told me she wanted to hear more. well to make a long story short, God put me in a place to share with someone i had no idea nedded it.
Second: Today i was walking around and in a parkinglot i saw a woman who was trying to get some money for gas to get home. I stopped and gave her $5 (because thats what i had) and as she walked away i thought “you idiot you just missed your chance.” I had the chance to talk to her about the love of Jesus and i missed it. Well later that night i was telling my mom about it and a guy overherd me and handed me some money just saying “God has provided for me too”. when i got tho the car i look and what he had gave me. $10, and i almost cried. So now im going to take that and give it again. I saw this as god telling me that i had another chance to tell someone the good news, and thats what im going to do.

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On November 24, 2008 @ 8:04 pm Paul Loiacono said:

greg and zane:
my name is paul loiacono and i am a member of Zero Gravity Ministries out of Edmeston, New York. i went to your youth conference in washington d.c and i can honestly say it changed my life. i orginally went to see D.C. and hang out with my friends. that changed awfully quick. i realized the first night during the drama skit that this was really a big deal and i have known people that have gone throught that and are still going through it and vowed right then and there to tell them about christ. we were in the conference room of our hotel and we were talking about what happened that day and we all got pretty emotional about it because it opened alot of our eyes. the next day after the conference, we went back to the hotel room to decompress what had happened that day. i learned right then that my friend matt gould, a kid that came to my youth group and church on a bet from his parents that he couldnt do it, got saved right then. my youth pastor Shawn Conboy said to matt, “you ready to shredd the gnar and share your testimony with the adults?” and he said, “yes sir!” he went into the other room where the adults were having a private conference and shredded the gnar. he came pack a half hour later and we continued our conversation. then, a man by the name of brandon clark, the most unreligious man in the whole group who came with his wife to be a driver, came in the room, pointed to matt and sayed to all of us, “you! because of you and your testimony, i just accepted jesus christ as my lord and savior!” everyone broke into tears and we were all just very amazed at gods work. well, god wasnt done yet. far from it actually. i saw how my life related to these two people and, although i had been saved already, i wasnt doing the things i should have been doing. i went to shawn and chris, our guest pastor from binghamton, and said, “im done. im done living just one big lie. i was saved at 6 because i was bored, but never really meant a minute of it. until now. i want to live the way god inteded but i know that only jesus could do that, but i want to show people what greg and you (shawn) have shown me.” and shawn said to me “im gonna hold you to that. you ready to shredd the gnar with the adults?” and i said “oh yeah!” i went and shredded the gnar with the adults in a hotel room at 2:00 in the morning and made alot of them cry with my testimony. afterward, they all grouped around me and prayed for me. it was the most amazing feeling ive ever had to that day. well god wasnt done then either. i found out that a bunch of people had been led to christ while i was talking with the adults and more when i was sleeping. we got up the next morning, planning on going to the monuments before going back to new york, but god had other plans. we were in the parking lot, and my youth pastor brought me over and said to me, “would you shredd the gnar with zach here?” zach was my best friend, so i said “yeah lets do it right now!” so, we went behind our van and i went through the gospel the way you taught us and he said right there ” i want to be saved” so i led him to christ right there. after its over, i look over and my other best friend hunter is crying in the back of the van. he sayed to my youth pastor “i want to be saved too” so i led him to christ also. i had two girls named susan arnold and mallory eckert come up to me and hug me and tell me im amazing at shreddin the gnar, which made me feel pretty good. we spent between and hour and two hours, i cant remember how long, in that parking lot sharing christ. well, god still wasnt done yet either! on the way home, we got a call that my friends James and Susan Arnold’s dad was on his way to albany hospital, which either meant he was getting a kidney transplant, or he was probably dieing because something went wrong with his kidney. the woman that was driving the van that susan was in was just praying for somewhere to pull over so susan could be with her brother. out of nowhere, a paintball arena parking lot shows up so we could pray for them and switch cars. after the tears stopped flowing, we got back on the road and about a half hour, my pastor, Jay Henderson, got a cell phone call and said, “James, Susan, your dads got a kidney waiting for him at Albany!” that hit us like a bombshell. the man was on the waiting list for 2 years and gets the transplant right as we were coming back from a life-changing trip. even then, god wasnt done yet! i called my friend Patrick Jarvis on Mallory’s cell phone and told him what had happened during the weekend. Patrick has a bible study group in albany and he had 6 kids that were interested but skeptical about jesus. i learned a week later that those six kids were later saved. alot of people were coming up to me and telling me that they couldnt shredd the gnar. i told them, if i can help lead 6 kids to christ over speakerphone, i think you can do it with one person. our final count for salvations over 3 weeks was 41 spiritual salvations, 39 teens and 2 adults, and one physical salvation in the form of a kidney transplant. thank you for all of your hard work and i pray every day for you and your ministry and hope that it will continue to change lives like it has mine and my friends. thank you,
Paul Loiacono

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November 25th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Wow Paul…Wow! That’s all I got…Wow!

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On November 26, 2008 @ 12:52 pm Ryanne Ritchey said:

Hi Greg,
I was very blessed to be able to attend the D2S conference in Denver with my church youth group.I just want to say that you,Zane, And Dewey do a great job with this program! I had never wanted to talk about my faith to anyone before I went to D2S. I was afraid they might judge me or not want to be my friends anymore. After being at that conference I am now a changed girl for God. During the cellphone challenge I called many of my friends,but only one answered. So she and I talked and she accepted! Now I talk to all my friends about what they beleive,without fear! Not all of them want to hear it,but I ask you to pray for me. That I will stand strong in th Lord!
God bless and Happy Thanksgiving,
Ryanne Ritchey

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On November 26, 2008 @ 1:43 pm Reagan Ritchey said:

Hi Greg,My name is reagan and I attended d2s in Denver. I never have had a problem with sharring my faith but d2s really opened my eyes.At my church I am known to be the evagelistic one and I am offten talked about in adult service by the evangelistic pastor. When I show at livestock shows my friends tease me and call me Dr.Phill for going up to complete strangers and sharring my faith with them.I don’t let their smirks offend me.After d2s it made me think what were my intentions for doing those things.It was for my reputation at church and then I realized that church only goes so far in life. After that I was changed and my youth pastor challenged me to memorize the book of Phillipians wih him.He told if you memorize the book of Phillipians faster than me I will buy you a season pass to WaterWorld! Well shortly after that I called him and told him that I was done with book of Phillipians.Its short and simple,I WON!!! And just to make sure I really had memorized all that he made recite the book in front of the whole youth! But I am glad he did now that entire book has influenced my life in a huge way, for the right reasons! God Bless, Reagan P.S. please e-mail me I have some questions that to be answered.

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On November 28, 2008 @ 8:59 pm Courtney Cowan said:

greg

I was so exicted about Dare 2 Share and it really helped me to get over my fear of being judged about having a relationship with God. I went to school on monday and my friend Kate was upset over her ex liking me. Insted of getting upset back I told her that I was in that same problem. We really connected and she broke down in the middle of the student center saying that no one loved her. I then hugged her and said that God loves her and nothing can change that. Ihanded her the journey book that we got at Dare 2 Share and she told me that she wasn’t christan but i told her that you don’t have to be christan to read it. i don’t know how it all happened but it was awesome! ! ! Thnak you soooooo much for what you do and totally keep it up! ! ! Tcho

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On December 2, 2008 @ 6:20 pm Connor McFarland said:

Greg and Zane
The most amazing thing in the world just happened to me. The other night, I was just lying in bed one night and I saw this picture of my older brother and I in my head (we’re as close as a brother and sister can be. He’s like my best friend but he moved to college so I don’t get to talk to him much). Anyway, he and I we’re sitting together and he had his arm around me and we were laughing. Then I heard this voice kind of in my head telling me that He loved me so much and He could be everything I needed now that my brother was gone. He told me that I should adore Him as much as my brother because He was so awesome. I couldn’t even speak for like an hour. I just lay there picking worship songs off of my IPod to try and communicate to Him what I was feeling. I felt the grace and mercy and love of Jesus filling my heart up so much that I thought it would explode. It was the coolest thing ever. I was changed for forever. I couldn’t do anything; I was broken and humbled to the point of speechlessness. I don’t even know how to explain it but it showed the true power and might of God. Ever since then I’ve been shown how God sees people. I’ve also been reading the bible so much and I love it! And I’ve been talking to God every time I get a chance! It’s the coolest thing ever. I’ve been sharing His word with my friends because I’m so excited for Him! And I have to thank you both so much. You guys really showed me at the conference in Denver what He could do. I’ve also had a lot of issues with a bad body image and the day after my epiphany happened I was looking at myself in the mirror and I heard that same voice telling me I was fearfully and wonderfully made. It said that God made me exactly the way I am and God doesn’t make mistakes. Now I know I’m His and that’s fine with me. It’s the most amazing thing in the world to be loved so desperately. Thank you both again so much. I also have a question for you: have either of you ever met your angel?

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On December 12, 2008 @ 7:07 pm Mackenzie said:

i have Shredded the Gnar with my 5 since your Washington DC tour and i think that tour was amazing by the way…really! I have been going to youth group for a year im only in 6th grade! And, I have seen your Gospel Journey with the wiccens and all those religeons. I think your programs you do are amazing and they toughed my heart and I think this is an awesome expirience helping people get saved at such an early time in my life. Hopefully, I can pursue a life in ministry! Shred the Gnar yall!

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On December 22, 2008 @ 12:54 pm Hannah Thomas said:

Dare 2 Share has totally changed me and my whole school …every day we see more people come to know Christ…thanks so much for getting us back on the right track!!

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On December 29, 2008 @ 3:01 pm Kenzie said:

Dear Greg,
I went to your Washington D.C. Dare2Share thing as an attempt to see my friends. It turned into so much more than I possibly expected! The first night, the skit about the cutter totally blew my mind and I was excited to see the next meeting on Saturday. It was so cool! We came from Edmeston which is a tiny town in upper NY, and I was so brought out of my comfort zone already, but then I was told we were going to do a can drive, I was so suprised, but I went with it. It was so amazing, though! My group I was in went to one house and the family turned us away. At another, the family greeted us and was supportive and it was awesome! We had so many people led to Christ on our trip, too! In a parking lot, in our hotel at 2 a.m., but I didnt have enough courage to do it. But that didnt mean the trip was a waste. We got back to Edmeston, and weeks later, we had youth group, and I accepted Jesus because I got enough courage to do it. And now, I shred the gnar with people in my school so they know how i felt when I did! Thanks a bunch! -Kenz

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